But memes might save us. Unlike memes of the political or sports or sporting variety, science memes have struggled; right now, they’re mostly jokes you find on posters hung in middle school biology classrooms.

These science memes, however, are tongue-in-cheek and make a point. It’s good to poke fun at science — attaching it to popular culture will contribute to its very survival.

Math Lady

The “math lady” — otherwise known as the “confused lady” — became a trending meme in October, and we’re claiming her for science. The meme is a screenshot from the popular Brazilian telenovela Senhora do Destino but you probably know it from when the people you follow on Twitter were trying to explain how confused they were by something. Trying to figure out how many “fucks to give”? Try the math lady. Don’t quite trust what someone is telling you? You’re the math lady. The math lady even got turned into a BuzzFeed costume.